neilpatterson: An interesting game. White boldly ignores the advancing pawn in favour of his own king side attack, boxing in the rook in the corner. 17. ...Bc4? was the losing move. Note how black does not play 18. ...Bxf1 because of 19. Qd5+!

neilpatterson: Yeah, thanks <1971>. I'm not sure why people are enjoying seeing Kramnik lose so much... Anyway, does anyone else think that 20. Qxa6 would have been better? I'm just an amateur, but it seems it would have allowed Vlad to seize the initiative and put better pressure on ...

neilpatterson: <Refused:17.Qg3! looks like the winner, after the exchange of queens Andreikin's position just collapsed.> Yeah, 16. ...b5 looked great until I saw Svidler's response. Very impressive and definitely the turning point.

neilpatterson: 38. Rxc6 looks better to me. (after 38. ... Nxc3 39. R6xc3 a pawn is won and good pressure is exerted at c8). On the other hand, what do I know? You can't argue with success and it strangely looks like Anand had the whole rest of the game planned out from this point on.